Friday, 28 April 2017

YSL Touché eclat Neutralisers

Touché
Eclat is one of those cult products, which were probably most makeup fanatic’s
first introduction to highlighting and brightening. It's a product which
can softly add radiance or create a luminous panda eye flash back on a 3 am
drunken nightclub photo.By popular demand, Touché eclat has brought back
their three neutraliser shades in green, apricot and violet. The packaging is a
dreamy metallic pastel tone reflecting the shade within. Typical Touché
eclat click and brush application, just don't pump up too much product as it's
very easy to go over the top and end up having to blend half the product all
over your face.Remember though these are not concealers. They will softly adjust the
colouring in the skin to blur it out a little but won’t by any means
eradicate it from your skin. You'll need to team it up with a concealer too if
this is your end goal.

ApricotThis is for correcting dark spots and under eye circles and probably the
easiest out of the three to get right. Suitable for a light (not too
light) skin through to a medium skin tone. I'd like to say that this would be
good on a medium to darker skin tone to lift dullness or darkness around the
eyes but I just don't think it's quite dark enough. You could maybe mix a
little of it with your regular under eye concealer to add a bit of colour depth
if need be. Nice to pat over freckles if you're not a fan of them and also good
to blend into age spots to soften them.

Green Go easy with this one or you'll end up looking a little peaky. Nice to use
on patches of redness or on blemishes but only if the skin underneath is
smooth. If you have a blemish with a bit of a rough scab surface then all it
will do is sit in the dryness and magnify it. Pump a blob out onto the brush tip and then use a fine liner brush to
pinpoint application onto the area required. Using your ring finger you can the
pat it (don't rub) into the skin.

VioletThis is for those with a sallow skin tone. If you ever think that your skin
is slightly more yellow around the jaw or under the eye then the violet will
balance it out. It’s also a nice product to use on areas where your foundation
looks a little off. My foundation quite often clings to the fine hairs on my
face and can oxidise a little, appearing more yellow than the rest of my face.
Pat a teeny amount of this over the area and it takes the edge off. You can use each of these after your moisturiser and before your foundation
but only if you are applying your foundation on top with a sponge or a patting
motion. If not you will disturb the product and rub most of it off. I prefer to apply after my base but before my foundation and using a
small brush for accuracy and my finger to blend in.